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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
This digital textbook covers core earth science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, videos, and study guides.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Characteristics Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the characteristics of earthquakes. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Continental Drift Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on continental drift. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide. Part I of II.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquake Damage Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the damage from earthquakes. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Locating Earthquake Epicenters Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on locating earthquake epicenters. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Activity Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on intraplate activity. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: A Model of Three Faults

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn about the different kinds of faults and plate boundaries and where they can be found. They research and report on the faults that are present in their state. They are also asked to develop models of three...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what a tectonic plate is and how scientists can recognize its edges, how the plates move by convection in the mantle, the three types of plate boundaries...
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Cotf: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plate Tectonics provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains how the Earth works.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Earth Science Education Activities: Prof. Larry Braile

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson collection covering plate tectonics, with some structural geology and planetary science projects. The PDF files include activities, hand outs, maps, and directions for building a simple seismometer and seismograph. Also included...
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Planet Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of seven instructional, hour-long videos presenting Earth-science topics such as plate tectonics, oceans, climate changes, natural resources, the Sun, and the future of our planet. Closed captioning option provided for each video.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tectonic Plate Motions

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries in the Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers divergent plate boundaries in the ocean and on land.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earthquakes at Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why convergent plate boundaries cause massive earthquakes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanoes at Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Volcanoes most often occur at plate boundaries.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Continent Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ocean Ocean Convergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers convergent plate boundaries and oceanic plate subduction.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Divergent Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers divergent plate boundaries on land.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Earth Sciences: Move Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the science experiements straight to your fingertips. Learn about tectonic plates will Bill Nye as you take part in this interactive lesson and help make learning permanent!
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Science: The Rock Cycle: Uniformitarianism and Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the rock cycle. Discussion includes the concept of uniformitarianism and how earth materials change from one form to another. The site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the...